Who’s excited for Halloween? Speaking as someone who has more supplies for Halloween projects than any other holiday I can tell you the answer is me! I’ve been wanting to do a vintage Halloween display forever and finally made it happen with the help of quite a few new Alpha Stamps goodies, starting with the new 8×8 Shallow Room Box with Counter.
The room was papered in Graphic 45 prints from both their Happy Haunting and An Eerie Tale collections. I added vintage images cut from both the Retro Halloween Haunted House Trims and Halloween Market Signs & Props collage sheets.
The front of the 2 inch deep shelf was decorated with a Chipboard Gothic Border Trim painted black.
A Narrow Set of 1:12 Shelves was edged with Orange trim from the Halloween Dresden Borders Set. They added additional display space that I knew I would surely need. I actually had to make myself stop making tiny things as I was running out of space to put them!
Sitting on the left hand shelf are a Perched Owl Embellishment, a 20mm Happy Jack-o-Lantern Bead, and a Pumpkin Trick-or-Treat Bag Cabochon.
On the right you’ll find a Large Candy Corn (love these!), a Black Haunted House Cabochon, and a Jack-o-Lantern in Black Hat Button.
The addition of the new Short Bookcase with Gothic Facade provides a lot of extra space to showcase all sorts of tiny treasures. I painted it black and used the Dark Halloween 6×6 Paper Set for the rear wall and shelves. My favorite piece in the bookcase is a 1 Inch Mini Grapevine Wreath decorated with a Tiny Resin White Ghost, some Tiny RIP Tombstone Cabs, Tiny Smiling Jack-o-Lantern Cabs, Tiny Black Resin Bats, Mixed Color Acrylic Pearls, stars from the Black & Orange Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix and a ’31’ cut from the Retro Halloween Haunted House Trims Collage Sheet under a 12mm Round Glass Cabochon.
I made SO many little things for this project! Joining the wreath on the top shelf are a Metal Pumpkin Ghost and Metal Tombstone with Pumpkin. These little intricately detailed cast metal figures were cleaned with soapy water then painted with acrylic paints. I also made a Scary Jack-o-Lantern even more sinister with the addition of some yellow highlights.
The next shelf holds a 3D Jack-o-Lantern alongside a little artwork made from a scrap of wood and a cutout from the Black Trick or Treat Lace Doilies Set. I painted a Chunky Little Wooden Spool white and embellished it with a snip of Black and White Mini Gingham Check Ribbon. It’s topped with a raven from the Halloween Bottle Toppers set. Rounding out this collection is a Standing Owl Figurine painted with acrylics.
The next shelf holds a Black Resin Gargoyle Bat, one of the Mini 3D Pumpkins – Set of 5 and a little piece of art made from a Mini Frame painted orange over a spiderweb from the Dark Halloween 6×6 Paper Set adorned with a Mini Black Spider.
The bottom shelf holds a little assemblage made by stacking a 10mm Orange, Black & White Striped Bead on top of 12mm Orange & Black Vertical Striped Bead. Those were threaded onto a head pin then glued onto a vintage wooden game piece.
I used both the Miniature Antique Book Covers Collage Sheet and Tiny Magic Books & Potions Labels Collage Sheets to cover a few of the Mini Books with Blank Covers. Those joined a Hidden Drawer Book Box – Tiny Size covered with images from the Fortune Teller Covers for Tiny Hidden Drawer Books Collage Sheet. A little bookend was made by painting a Large Flying Witch black and gluing her to a wooden disc which is supported behind by a 1/2 Inch Wooden Cube Block.
Here’s the finished bookshelf. It eventually got the Gothic Facade added to the front and a few stars from the Black & Orange Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix scattered about the shelves.
Flanking the bookshelf are two decorative tables made by painting Curvy Wooden Column Finials and dressing them up with a snip of Black & Orange Mini Gingham Check Ribbon at the top.
An ethereal ghost was felted from wool roving. It was captured under a Tall Glass Cloche with Cork Base. The label comes from the Tiny Magic Books & Potion Labels Collage Sheet. The other table displays a little candy corn guy I made from polymer clay and wire.
Little tables made from Small Wooden Finials topped with round wooden discs then painted for the season.
A gumball machine was made from a Tiny Wooden Flower Pot, an 18mm Round Glass Globe and filled with 2mm Halloween Mix Tiny Faux Candy. A jack in the box made from a 5/8 Inch Wooden Cube Block, some wire, jewelry findings, orange paper flowers that I took apart and an orange bead from the new Set of 12mm Jack-o-Lantern Beads. His hat is a slice of wooden dowel glued onto a paper fastener and painted black.
Some of the other little assemblages I made for this project include a 20mm Orange & Black Striped Bead topped with a cat head I painted on a wooden disc and topped with felt ears. Next is a Tiny Glass Bottle filled with 3mm Halloween Mix Nonpareils Faux Candy and a few of the Black, Orange & White Halloween Candy Polymer Clay Slices then topped with a black cat from the Halloween Bottle Toppers. Next is a 15mm Orange Jack-o-Lantern Silicone Bead sitting on a 10mm Orange & White Striped Cube Bead and topped with a polymer clay ghost hat I made. Another tops one of the 12mm Jack-o-Lantern Beads atop a Chunky Little Wooden Spool.
I made a few vintage Halloween wands from painted toothpicks topped with images from the Halloween Market Signs & Props Collage Sheet, topped with beads and a collar made from tinsel garland.
These got displayed between the jack in the box and more Large Candy Corn on top of 16mm Transparent Orange Pumpkin Beads and a 20mm Orange, Black & Purple Striped Bead.
I made a little graveyard with the new Set of Mini Resin Tombstones. I started with a base layer of black acrylic paint then dry brushed on both medium and light gray. The final step was to add Tacky Glue where I wanted moss to form using a toothpick then dipping it in Green Turf Grass.
The graveyard was joined by one of the new Tall Metal Skeleton figures I painted white.
I made treat bags from the Retro Halloween Bags Collage Sheet and tucked in candies from the Black & Orange Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix and the Black, Orange & White Halloween Candy Polymer Clay Slices.
One of the bags got tucked behind the captured ghost along with a couple of the little constructs I made for this project.
And here’s the other one sitting behind a Squishy Short Pumpkin.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. There are lots of new Halloween supplies to play with, I hope you are inspired to make something that makes you smile! You can find all the supplies I’ve used right HERE.
